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The Lindsay Lane homeownership project provided homes for nineteen first-time very low-income homebuyers called "partner families" by the project sponsor, Willamette West Habitat for Humanity. The organization brings together community volunteers, donated materials and services and homebuyer partner families (30 - 50% MFI) to construct decent, simple affordable homes. Each partner family contributes at least 500 hours of sweat equity and participates in an extensive training program to prepare for homeownership. Willamette West Habitat for Humanity sells the homes at no profit and provides zero-interest long-term mortgages structured to ensure that partner families pay no more than 26% of their income for housing costs. Currently, eleven units are completed and occupied, with eight more under construction. Washington County has invested $273,000 in CDBG funds and $300,000 in HOME funds for land, permits, fees and onsite infrastructure. Eleven units will be HOME-assisted and all nineteen units will meet CDBG requirements for homebuyers.
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Opened in October 2005, Oleson Woods Apartments is a thirty-two (32) unit affordable housing apartment complex located in a naturally wooded area in unincorporated Washington County near Washington Square Mall. CPAH incorporated and utilized several sustainable and environmentally friendly features into the design and construction of the apartments such as using non-toxic paint inside, Energy Star appliances, and cementitious siding outside. In addition, the agency preserved and expanded an existing on-site wetlands area.
Washington County provided $273,003 of CDBG funds for the construction of the community center. In addition, the County invested $700,000 of HOME funds into the development of the apartments. Five assisted HOME units include 1 unit at/or below 50% area median income plus 4 units at/or below 60% area median income. Overall, the project cost $5.5 million dollars and serves 132 low to moderate income persons.
MERLO STATION APARTMENTS
Merlo Station Apartments I and II is a transit-oriented multi-family rental housing development along the MAX line in Beaverton with 128 units in studios, one-, two-, three- and four-bedroom apartments. HOME funds in the project enabled a portion of the units to be affordable to households earning 50% and 60% of the area median income (AMI).
